[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Senator Carole Migden has introduced a bill that would allow heterosexual couples to register as domestic partners. Naturally, so-called family groups object that this, too, will weaken the fragile and endangered institution of marriage.

Many homeowners are simply walking away from their mortgages, according to the Sacramento Bee. Meanwhile, realtors urge homeowners to wait out the housing downturn.

If you need to put California's $16 billion deficit in perspective, that's about 40 days in Iraq, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz.

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